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"This is a time when the administration is going to be trying to reassure the Saudis that the U.S. is not turning toward Iran and against Riyadh," said Anthony Cordesman, a longtime Middle East expert at the Center for Strategic International Studies.

It's been tensions over two sets of issues" — Iran nuclear negotiations and the two-state solution, said Anthony Cordesman, who holds a chair in strategy at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.